The Thucydides Trap Is a Misread of History

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Why Xi Keeps Invoking the 'Thucydides Trap' With Trump

The framing reduces a civilizational contest between a Leninist regime and the democratic world to a routine great-power rivalry.

The Thucydides Trap Is a Misread of History

The 'Thucydides Trap' is a misread of history: wars are not inevitable between rising and ruling powers, and today's US-China balance points more to deterrence than destiny.

‘Thucydides Trap.’ What’s That Mean?

Explore the meaning of the Thucydides Trap and its relevance to U.S.-China relations and history.

America Is Not Caught in a ‘Thucydides Trap!’

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The distinguished political scientist Graham Allison, author of the 2015 Atlantic article “The Thucydides Trap,” argued that often in history an established power will stage a preventive war against an ascendant adversary—for fear that otherwise it will soon lose its primacy. His title derives from two passages in the first book of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides (460–400/395? BC), author of The Pelo…

America Is Not Caught in a ‘Thucydides Trap’! › American Greatness

The distinguished political scientist Graham Allison, author of the 2015 Atlantic article “The Thucydides Trap,” argued that often in history an established power will stage […] Source